Person:Jacob Schuur (1)

Cleveland Public Library Necrology File: Id#: 0319742 Name: Schuur, Jacob C.M. Date: April 19, 1948 Source: Plain Dealer Notes: Schuur, Jacob C.M. of 6202 Southington, beloved husband of Bertha (nee Van Laaten); father of Marine and Martha Schuur, Mrs. Margaretha MacIntyre, Mrs. Katherine Cumberworth, Mrs. Eunice Van Linge, Mrs. Irene Paulsen and the late Cornelius W.; grandfather and great-grandfather; brother of William and Bernard Schuur and Annette Krist; suddently Sunday afternoon. Friends may call at the Geo. C. Lang Co., Funeral Home, W. 95th at Lorain Ave., where services will be held Wednesday, April 231, at 2 p.m.

Born in Amsterdam. Was five years old when family came to America. Because of his father's death, left school when 11 years old, attended night school and Metropolitan Business College. Was apprentice carpenter; during the late 1890's depression with his brother Bernard peddled oil lamps from door-to-door; worked for Cleveland Gas & Electric Company, later salesman and designer of gas and electric fixtures fro the Kayline Company. Certificate of United States Naturalization is dated 11-02-1888. Active in churches as a treasurer, session member, choir director, soloist, sang in quartets and octets, and Sunday School teacher. Was a Mason. Hobbies - singing and playing the harmonica. Buried in Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH, 04-21-1948, Grave 3, Lot 107, Section 1-GH.

1. ↑ Cleveland Public Library Necrology File.
2. ↑ Files of Carolyn Vigneulle.